2019 Frugal Living Challenge

Igamogam

Treasurequeen wrote: »

Also ordered a years worth of vitamin d tablets which I could have got on prescription

I ordered a years worth of high dose Vit D3 too - told my GP that I would be no longer need a prescription - even though we dont pay here and she wiped the floor with me! Stuff I was getting on prescription useless low dose and full of carp so I did a bit of research and take the co factors now too - I think this is why she was annoyed as I had bothered to look into to it all rather than take GPs advice!

cw18

Frugaldom wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what council rent costs or are the rates different depending on location?

Pretty certain it varies by local authority - which means by location.

In my area the Local Housing Allowance (which has always seemed to tie into the cost of a HA property when my daughter had one) is £96.23 a week. Around where she is now it's £113.92. Hammersmith & Fulham comes up at around £310 a week.

Frugaldom

cw18 wrote: »

Pretty certain it varies by local authority - which means by location.

In my area the Local Housing Allowance (which has always seemed to tie into the cost of a HA property when my daughter had one) is £96.23 a week. Around where she is now it's £113.92. Hammersmith & Fulham comes up at around £310 a week.

Thank you, CW, and WOW! I was thinking around £70 to £85 a week depending on house size but it seems I am way out of touch with other areas. I was considering renting out the house longer term at about £70 / £75 a week and o checking, was told the housing allowance here is £81. I knew regional differences applied but it makes me wonder what other variations there are. I think I'll research as soon as I find some extra time as I would love to provide an affordable base for a homeworker, writer, crafter etc but there seems to be very few opportunities available and I'm now unsure if there are many people even want to take the change of going it alone.

Frugaldom

Almost thd end of February already! The days are stretching and we have daylight until about 6pm now. Always makes me want to start planti g stuff but I know fine well that the worst of the winter weather may still arrive between now and Easter! Will we be out of the EU by then, I wonder? I thin I will stock up on extra dried goods, tins, salt and sugar. Coffee keeps increasing in price so I have been drinking more tea: if I can wean myself onto herbal teas then I can grow my own. ��

What, if anything, are you all doing to prepare for Brexit?

Imatryer

Im a late joiner and new to this can i join ?

cw18

Frugaldom wrote: »

What, if anything, are you all doing to prepare for Brexit?

So far I've done no stockpiling I wouldn't have done normally, and am actually trying to get through some of the food mountain I've built up over the last few years. However, if I didn't already have enough rice, pasta, couscous and noodles for the rest of the year I'd probably be stocking up on those - I can't survive on a low-carb diet, so it's important to me that I have easy access to those. I also get through a lot of seeded or multi-grain bread, but without buying a huuuuuuuge freezer I can't stockpile that easily So I'm considering buying the flour, dried yeast and seeds etc so I have the ability to make (with my breadmaker) should it become hard to get hold of for a while.

cw18

Imatryer wrote: »

Im a late joiner and new to this can i join ?

Welcome aboard

cw18

Frugaldom wrote: »

Thank you, CW, and WOW! I was thinking around £70 to £85 a week depending on house size but it seems I am way out of touch with other areas.

It does vary according to house size - I've just realised I forgot to put that the figures I quoted are for a 2 bedroomed property.

Igamogam

Frugaldom wrote: »

What, if anything, are you all doing to prepare for Brexit?

Not stock piling food but have stock piled 'meds' which I can only buy from Germany. GP refuses to treat me as per the guidelines so I, like many others have to treat myself. I have enough for 3 years now.

Oh and I have renewed my EU citizen passport and the DDs are applying for dual nationality:D At least the Government did a U turn on paying for the privileged to live here for the rest of my natural.........having been here since the mid 60s I was prepared to take that fight on!

MadamMim2013

Igamogam wrote: »

Not stock piling food but have stock piled 'meds' which I can only buy from Germany. GP refuses to treat me as per the guidelines so I, like many others have to treat myself. I have enough for 3 years now.

I too have purchased “my stock” though have managed (after a year of badgering and taking in information) to get my treatment every 8 weeks.. It’s still not great, hence the need to treat myself, especially when my neuropathy is bad.
I wanted to make sure I had enough in case I was no longer allowed to buy from Germany or that it became prohibitively expensive after the March deadline appeared!